as in to redesign
to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century
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Recent Examples of modernize
Because of this modernizing impulse, The Day of the Jackal possesses a blended sensibility.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
The Space Force is building up its space defense architecture to help modernize the Space Surveillance Network (SSN), which monitors objects and potential threats in space.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 28 Nov. 2024
The key to success lies not just in collecting data but in modernizing it to fuel innovation.
—Gaurav Aggarwal, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
As of July, Florida had awarded the global firm contracts valued at more than $100 million to modernize, operate, and maintain the state’s integrated eligibility system for Medicaid and other benefits.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
The Space Force is building up its space defense architecture to help modernize the Space Surveillance Network (SSN), which monitors objects and potential threats in space.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 28 Nov. 2024
The key to success lies not just in collecting data but in modernizing it to fuel innovation.
—Gaurav Aggarwal, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
As of July, Florida had awarded the global firm contracts valued at more than $100 million to modernize, operate, and maintain the state’s integrated eligibility system for Medicaid and other benefits.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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Anthony Breen, the CEO of Synergistic, a marketing agency in Cincinnati that works with Xavier, said the company, along with Xavier, has pledged to rebrand and redesign Cheatham's logo, mascot and wordmark.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2024
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The dining and bar cars have been thoughtfully redesigned to evoke intimacy and elegance, with soft lighting and marble columns as the focal points.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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The procedures for screening passengers must be continually reviewed and updated to account for emerging threats and vulnerabilities.Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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To update your app just: Search for Spotify in your app store.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2024
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Democrats pressing to streamline the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage have made some last-minute changes that add cost to the plan and could complicate its chances of being rolled into a year-end health deal.Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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The new production services unit fills a gap of sorts at Neom and should help sort and streamline any issues with Saudi red tape, making Saudi’s most ambitious media hub more user friendly for productions seeking to shoot there.Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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Interesting that when [Ripley] was remade, it was remade by a streamer over an eight-part series by Netflix.Jeff Conway, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The 165-year-old retailer in July rejected talks with private investors attempting to take over the company and opted to pursue its own strategy to remake the chain.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Modernize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernize. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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